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D&C Newspaper Guild of Rochester Labor Struggle: City Paper just ran a piece about their struggle in the Metro Ink section this week. Here is the link. Metro Ink Scroll to the bottom. City Paper ran another story on the struggle titled Gannett stiffs the D&C newsroom in this week's paper (12/27/06). Read Why I Quit the D&C by Nishad Majmudar. Rochester Indymedia just put up a feature article on their site titled Corporate Tyranny: Gannett Attempts to Quash Labor Struggle at Democrat and Chronicle.
Crowne Plaza Hotel Workers Union Organizing Struggle: Here is an article from UNITE HERE!'s website on an action this past July. Mayor Duffy, Clergy, Community Rally for Crowne Workers These folks also presented at an International Human Rights Day event this past Monday (Dec. 11th, 2006) held at DUPC.
